Polaroid 8035 Repair Manual page 82

8K Series ProPalette Repair Manual
• For upgrading more than one film recorder of the same model when all are connected
to the SCSI bus, turn the power off to all but one of the units and perform the upgrade
to the unit that still has power. After the upgrade is complete, power off the upgraded
unit and power on another unit to be upgraded. Perform the upgrade again to any
remaining film recorders of the same model number. Repeat this process until all film
recorders of the same model have been upgraded.
• The upgrade utility intelligently detects all the film recorders connected and will
upgrade only the appropriate model connected and only if its firmware is older than
one incorporated in the upgrade utility.
• To find out what firmware version is incorporated in the upgrade utility, click on the
About menu option after you start the utility.
• To start the upgrade process, select the Start option from the Program menu.
• Do not interrupt the upgrade process once it has begun. Interrupting the power to the
film recorder or pressing any buttons on the control panel before the upgrade has
completed can cause the film recorder to require service.
• You cannot upgrade the ProPalette 8000 or ProPalette 7000 using this utility if the
current firmware version is correspondingly 564 or 704 or if the film recorder is
connected to the computer with a parallel connection. Please use the DOS utility
FWLOAD and a parallel connection to upgrade any film recorder that contains
firmware versions 704 or 564.
To upgrade the film recorder firmware, use these steps:
1. Select and download appropriate upgrade utility for the model film recorder.
2. Make sure that the film recorder is properly connected via SCSI, powered on
and terminated.
3. Run the appropriate utility for the film recorder you want to upgrade;
4. Start the upgrade process by clicking on the Start option of the Program menu.
5. Monitor the upgrade process, which normally requires 3-4 minutes. For some
SCSI cards and older systems, the upgrade process may take longer but should
not exceed 12-15 minutes.
6. Before attempting to use the film recorder, wait until the firmware is
completely downloaded and the unit restarts and reads "Ready" on the LCD
panel.
Warning: Failure to wait for the upgrade process to complete
may erase the film recorder flash memory and require
the unit to be serviced.
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